The denominator conjecture for SL₂-plethysm generating functions

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Fix a positive integer ww and a partition μw\mu \vdash w. For any cell cμc \in \mu, denote the hook length of cc in the partition μ\mu by hμ(c)h_\mu(c). If ww is even, define

dμ(z,q)=cμ(1zhμ(c))i=0w21(1qw2iz)d_\mu(z,q) = \prod_{c \in \mu} (1-z^{h_\mu(c)}) \prod_{i=0}^{\frac{w}{2}-1} (1-q^{w-2i}z)

and if ww is odd, define

dμ(z,q)=cμ(1z2hμ(c))i=0w12(1qw2iz).d_\mu(z,q) = \prod_{c \in \mu} (1-z^{2h_\mu(c)}) \prod_{i=0}^{\frac{w-1}{2}} (1-q^{w-2i}z).

Denominator conjecture. The expression

dμ(z,q)Aμ(z,q)(1z)2\frac{d_\mu(z,q) A_\mu(z,q)}{(1-z)^2}

is an element of Z[z,q]\mathbb{Z}[z,q].

This conjectural denominator is motivated by computations for μ10|\mu|\leqslant 10 and is intended to improve the general rational denominator established earlier in the paper. Its resolution is not specified in the supplied text.

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Primary source

Álvaro Gutiérrez, Rosa Orellana, Franco Saliola, Anne Schilling and Mike Zabrocki, “A geometric and generating function approach to plethysm”, arXiv:2511.02649 (2026).

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